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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kerim say Bond should be while he kills the faceless one's leader?

2. What is Grant's title at SMERSH?

3. Why is Tatiana offended by Bond?

4. What did the Russian use to kill Kerim?

5. What does Bond kill Grant with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the gypsy hesitate to let Bond into the compound?

2. How does Bond find out the man looking at him is a British agent?

3. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

4. How does Klebb defeat Bond?

5. Why does Tatiana refuse to take a plane?

6. How does Kerim die?

7. What impression does Tatiana make on Bond when he sees her for the first time?

8. How does Bond upset Tatiana?

9. What is Kerim's plan to get rid of the Russians?

10. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s. How does Fleming express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE is part of the spy fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the Bond series help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?

Essay Topic 3

In what does Fleming suggest that Bond's weakness for women is beyond just beauty? What does this add to Bond's character?

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